\n \u201cI was just sick fed up of hearing stories about how Glasgow’s a dump and everything’s going to hell,\u201d he said.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI just thought na our city is pretty great and I think the Barras is a really good example of how things are going quite well and there\u2019s a lot of things to be excited about.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n In what he called Ossian\u2019s \u201cmost ambitious project yet,\u201d Lundy explained that he, along with the film\u2019s producer Callum Brown, cinematographer Gavin Hopkins and editor Bonnie Sanderson, started filming in the summer of 2024 until the same season of 2025.\n<\/p>\n
\n The team went on to interview \u201cBarras legends,\u201d old and new, and were able to \u201ccapture a moment of change\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
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\n \u201cEver since we finished wrapping the film, the place is very different,\u201d Lundy said.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n The filmmaker said that he decided to start filming after a conversation with Brown about how the Barras legacy is something that resonates with so many in the city, but it had seemingly gone through a period of hardship.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI started to notice about 10 years ago that it started to struggle. It just felt like it was dying,\u201d he said.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n READ MORE: Sam Heughan blasts plans for ‘world’s biggest AI data centre’ in Scotland<\/a>\n<\/p>\n \n \u201cDuring Covid there was a bit of chat about it permanently closing and then they got a new team in and stuff like that and then it started to have a bit of a resurgence.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \n However, during filming Lundy said: \u201cI found it to be an interesting microcosm of Scottish culture, I suppose, where you get like a lot of young queer working class people kind of reclaiming the space and making it their own.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \n Lundy went on to explain that the Barras had always been a \u201cbohemian place\u201d and that it was a safe haven for \u201cpeople that are a bit different\u201d.\n<\/p>\n \n \n \u201cWe spoke to a lot of people about what it means to be working class and creative,\u201d he said.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \n Lundy went on to say that the Barras is a \u201cgenerational story\u201d as he grew up with fond memories of his dad taking him to the markets when he was a kid and added that it is \u201claughable\u201d when people try to \u201cpush narratives\u201d that Glasgow is more dangerous now than it’s ever been.\n<\/p>\n \n \u201cMy dad left Glasgow because the council was demolishing a lot of the city and cleaning people out and moving them out to new towns.\n<\/p>\n \n \u201cThe stories that I grew up with, him telling me about the East End in the 60s and 70s.\n<\/p>\nThe Fall and Rise of The Barras (Image: The Fall and Rise of The Barras)\n<\/p>\n